Apple Broadens Its Culture in Latin Countries

Apple expanded their grip on the music-downloading industry by heading across the border to Mexico, becoming the first and only Latin country to acquire iTunes. Just like in the US, all tracks are DRM-free, Digital Rights Management-free. DRM-free allows you to play your music anyway you want, instead of using a proprietary music jukebox. After all, you did pay for it. Speaking of paying for music, individual music tracks are sold at 12 pesos, though album prices vary, and music videos are offered at about 24 pesos. However, movies and TV shows are not available yet.

Further down south, Brazil will soon have an online store. iPodNN sources say that Apple has developed offices and acquired employees to handle sales. Rumors indicate that it should be up and running by the end of the month.